Medals Plan For World War II Veterans In North Carolina
The Third Army announces four distribution points in North Carolina for Defense Service and World War II Victory Medals. Eligible veterans or next of kin must apply by mail or in person, bringing discharge documents or certified statements. Deadlines span service dates from 1941 to 1946, with details on addresses in Raleigh, Charlotte, and other locations.
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North Carolina
Headquarters
Third Army
Reeds Administration Center
Ago
Si Lawin
North Carolin
Fort Ira
Cuconaa Milita District
Raletan Haidin
Raleleh
Army Res
Offic Buildioa
Clarlotte
Subcommittee Recommends Buggs Island Funding Increase
Senate appropriations subcommittee backs raising Buggs Island project funding to 4.8 million dollars for the current fiscal year while preserving the 250 thousand dollar figure for the Philpotts reservoir on the Roanoke River. House and Senate approval expected. other river projects receive adjustments or stabilization.
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Senate
Buggs Island
Washington
Philpott Reservoir
Roanokeginna
F All
Army Engineers
House
Uneated
Cape Bear-Wilmington
Cmnstead
Statewide Farm Crops Gain as Harvest Starts in Belts
The three week crop report shows general progress with tobacco fair to good and early harvesting in border and eastern belts. Corn ranges good to excellent with strong growth, cotton faces heavy weevil in coastal counties, sweet potatoes promising up to 110 bushels per acre, apples variable from poor to good, and farm labor scarce. Hail storms hit Randolph to Wayne areas, with damage in Cleveland and Person counties affecting cotton and tobacco.
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Horder
Corton
Countie
Padmont
Wester
Randolph County
Wayne County
Virginia
Cleveland
Columbus
Fallston
Cleveland County
Mount Olive
Cunningham Township
Person County
Melver High School Hosts Hybrid Corn Contest
Melver High School sponsors a hybrid corn production contest directed by W. B Jamieson. All day agricultural students, veteran farmers and farmers participate to produce the highest yield per acre using Tennessee No. 10 and North Carolina No. 27 varieties across multiple acres and trainees.
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Ant
Melver High School
Littleton
Tennessee
North Carolina
W. B Jamieson
Hoey and Umstead Endure All-Night Senate Session
The article notes Senators Hoey and Umstead surviving an all night Senate session, arriving at their offices after only two hours of sleep. Hoey repeats that sleep is not essential, stressing there are more important tasks. Umstead shows signs of strain but remains active in the session.
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Hoey
Umstead
Senate
Washington
Seul
Sion
Hoey Arived
Capitol
Durham residents flood offices with mail on training plan
Opponents of a military training proposal inundated official offices in Durham with letters. The outpouring spread from Snow Camp to High Point Wilkes communities, with many writers urging withdrawal or modification of the program.
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Sve
Carl Durham
Heske
Univers AC
Ieilford Catlvas
High Point
Wilkes
Drunken Driving Convictions Hit 18 Counties in June
North Carolina statistics show 809 statewide drunken driving convictions in June with Mecklenburg leading at 20 and Guilford next at 18. Col. Rosser listed counts across counties from Hualifex and Cleveland at 18 and 19 respectively to single convictions in 18 other counties.
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Tandon C. Rosser
Motor Vehicles
Guilford County
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Surry
Col. Rosser
Hualifex
Cleveland
Gaston
Moore
Ruther
Local Residents Take Weekend Trips to Atlantic and Seaboard
Town residents including Meso Virginia Cullins and Odett Fioris headed to Virginia Beach for a vacation while families like Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Bullock with Thurman Bullock Jr. and William Bennett Bullock spent the week in Seaboard. Dwight Dobbins Billy Moore and Al George Jr. rounded out a Chesapeake Beach weekend group. Mrs. W. F. Matthews and son Forrest, from Suffolk, visit the Willis Matthews home, and Mrs. A. L. Gilliam with Al Gilliam spent the weekend in Carsons Virginia with her mother.
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T. M. Bullock
Thurman Bullock, Jr
William Bennett Bullock
Seaboard
Dwight Dobbins
Billy Moore
al George Jr
Chesapeake Beach
W. F. Matthews
Forrest
Suffolk
Willis Matthews
A. L. Gilliam
al Gillam
Carsons
Gilliam
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Sunnyfield
Richland
Samitea
State Department of Agriculture
Melver Hi School
Barry-Irwin Store
Roanoke Rapids
Durham
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Hauiguten
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al Sibles Howital
Love
Autrey DeBorr
Weldon
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Ford
Cabarrus
New Hanover
Edgecombe
Nash
Union
Robeson
Hockingham
Davidson
Pitt
Wake
Wayne
Alamance
Beaufort
Caldwell
Duplin
Haywood
Randolph
Rowan
Johnston
Lee
Martin
Onslow
Scotland
Watauga
Bladen
Burcombe
Catawba
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Cumberland
Franklin
Iredell
Richmond
Stokes
Lincoln
Montgomery
Northampton
Person
Wilson
Granville
Harnett
Henderson
Jackson
Vance
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Camden
Carteret
Chatham
Cherokee
Anson
Brunswick
Caswell
Currituck
Gates
Macon
Mitchell
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Stanly
Virginia Cullins
Odett Fioris
Edith Buckner
Emma Wommack
Virginia Beach
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Edward Norwood
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